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(No Model.) O. A. MILLENER-& W. D. MoRAE. HAND TAGKING IMPLEMENT.

No. 416,415. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. MILLENER AND WILLIAM D. MORAE, OF DESERONTO, ONTARIO,

CANADA.

HAND TACKING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,415, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed May 24, 1889. Serial No. 311,926. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Beitknown that we, CHARLES A. MILLENE and IVILLIAM D. MORAE, of Deseronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Tacking Implements, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in that class of tacking implements adapted to be used in driving tacks or small nails.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the tacks or nails will be consecutively fed from a receptacle beneath the I 5 plunger of the implement and be automatically placed in the position to be driven by the plunger when a downward stroke is imparted to'the latter;

A further object of the invention is to provide an implement of this description of simple and durable construction, convenient of manipulation, and effective in operation.

The invention consists of the novel construction and combination of the several parts, 2 5 as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and

pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all" the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved implement. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line 00 m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is 3 5 a vertical section through the lower portion of the implement, illustrating a tack in position to be driven by the plunger. Fig.- 6 is a side elevation of aportion of the runway and the gate held to slide thereon, adapted to place the tacks or nails in proper position to fall beneath the plunger; and Fig. 7 is a section on line to w of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention the lower portion of the implement consists of a sleeve 10, 5 open at the top and bottom and provided with a branch 11, projected from one side thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. In the sleeve 10 a plunger 12 is adapted to slide, which plunger terminates at the upper end in a ball 13, and intermediate of the ends of the plunger a weight 14: is secured, which weight ordinarily is of spherical form, as illustrated.

. Between the upper extremity of the bodysleeve 10, which may properly be termed, to-

gether with its branch, a body-casing, and the contiguous face of the weight 14 a spring 15 is coiled around the plunger having a bearing upon the said upper end of the bodysleeve 10 and the under face of the weight 14, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

That portion of the plunger 12 between the upper end or ball 13 and the weight 14 is adapted to slide through a strap 16, secured to one side or end of atack or nail receptacle 17. From one end of the said tack or nail receptacle 17 a preferably-flattened tube 18 is projected, which tube from its point of connection with the receptacle 17 is curved outward and downward therefrom and inward in the direction of the plunger and sleeve 10 7-0 to a connection with the upper end of the branch sleeve 11, as illustrated in Fig. 3, whereby an essentially 8 curve is imparted to the tube 18.

In the bottom of the receptacle 17 one or more slots are produced, as 19, of sufficient width to permit the body of a small nail or tack to pass, yet not sufficiently wide to permit the passage of the head thereof. The slot or slots are continued downward to the branch sleeve 11 by being connected with a similar 4 slot 20, formed in the inner face of the tube 18, whereby as the tacks or nails pass down through the tube, which constitutes a runway, the body of the tack or nail may project out through the slot 20, as illustrated in dotted .lines in Fig. 3. The receptacle 17 and the runway are preferably so located that they extend outward at an inclination from the branch 11, as shown in Fig. 2. go

At or about the center of the body-sleeve 10, upon one side of the same, a longitudinal slot 21 is produced, and near the lower end of said sleeve, a distance therefrom about equal to. the length of the tacks or nails to be driven, 5 a diametrical slot 22 is formed, and upon the same face upon which the slots are produced a spring 23 is secured at its upper end to the upper portion of the body-sleeve 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This spring is provided about centrally of its length with a bow portion 24:, adapted to freely enter the slot 21 in the said sleeve, and integral with the lower end of the spring a fiat gate 25 is formed, extending outward at a right angle thereto, which gate is purposed to enter the diametrical slot. 22 a sufficient distance to es sentially contact with the opposite side of the sleeve. This gate is adapted, further, to support the tack or nail above the lower or delivery end of the hammer-casing prior to the descent of the plunger to drive it.

From the body of the spring 23, preferably above the bow portion or section thereof, an arm 26 is projected upward and outward in the direction of the runway. Integral with the upper extremity of this arm 26 a gate 27 is formed, adapted to partially encircle the runway at a point a slight distance above its connection with the branch of the body-sleeve 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and The gate 27 is preferably made rectangular in general contour and of sufficient length to be capable of a lateral movement upon the tube of the runway. The gate, while made essentially in the form of a band, is not connected at the ends, the said ends beinga slight distance apart, as shown in Fig. 6, and are located upon that side of the tube containing the slot 20.

One end of the gate 27 is concave upon its upper face to form a finger 28, and the opposite end is concave upon its under face to form a similar finger 29. Thus a spiral space is obtained between the two ends, and as the gate 27 is reciprocated the fingers 28 and 29 alternately cover the slot 20.

In operation, before using the implement it is shaken laterally to some extent to cause the tacks or nails to fall down in the slot 19 of the receptacle and find their way downward into the tube 18. The first tack or nail passing down the tube will contact with the upper concave surface of the finger 28 of the gate 27, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and G.

\Vhen the implement is used, it is placed in position upon the floor, for instance, and the plunger 12 is pressed downward in the bodyasing. As the plunger strikes the bowsection 24 of the spring 23 it presses the said spring out-ward, and this movement of the spring also produces a simultaneous lateral movement in the gate 27, causing the finger 28 to uncover the slot 20 in the runway and permit the tack supported thereon to pass downward in the body-casing. As the tack passes downward the opposite finger crosses the slot 20 and prevents another tack from falling. It will be observed that the tacks, when they first contact with the gate, are held in a horizontal position. N ow when the gate is moved laterally they pass down the spiral space between the fingers 28 and 29, with the body of the tack resting upon the concave surface of the linger 28, so that by the time the finger has moved from over the slot the tack will have assumed substantially a vertical position, head up. The tack, released from the gate, passes downward through the branch 11, and as the plunger is carried upward again the spring returns to its normal position and the tack falls downward upon the gate 25 and is supported thereby. \Vhen the plunger is carried up, as aforesaid, the gate 27 returns to its normal position, and the tack, held in position by the finger 28, to be released by the next downward throw of the plunger. \Vhen the plunger is carried down the second time, it is to drive a tack, and as it comes in contact with the bow-section of the spring 23 the spring is carried outward, the gate 25 drawn from the body-casing, and the tack is brought in con tact with the floor. At the same time that the operation above described takes place at the gate 27 another tack is fed downward to the body-casing to fall upon the gate at the next upward throw of the plunger. When the plunger comes in contact with the first tack, it effectually drives the same into the floor. Each subsequent downward throw of the plunger will also drive a tack, and at each upward throw of the plunger another tack will assume the position to be driven.

Vte desire it to be distinctly understood that while the construction illustrated is preferred we do not confine ourselves thereto, as other equivalent construction may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention-as, for instance, the runway may be made spiral and the form of the gate 27 changed to correspond.

Having thus described our invent-ion, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a tacking implement, the combination, with a tubular body having a branch projecting from one side thereof and a plunger held to reciprocate in the tubular body, of a tack-receptacle, a slotted and curved runway leading from the receptacle to the branch of the body and supporting the receptacle above the body and adjacent to the upper end of the plunger, a gate at the lower end of the runway for changing the position of the tacks from a horizontal to a vertical position, and a gate in the lower end. of the body for supporting the tack in the same after being delivered thereto from the runway, the said gates being operated by the plunger, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a tubular body and a spring-actuated weighted plunger held to reciprocate therein, of a tack-receptacle provided with a slot in the bottom, a curved tube connecting one end of the receptacle with the tubular body and provided with a slot in its inner face connecting with the slot in the receptacle, and a gate partially snrrounding the slotted tube reciprocated by the plunger and provided with a spiral slot extending from top to bottom, located at the slotted side of the tube, all combined for operation substantially as shown and described.

2.), drops downward upon the finger 3. The combination, with a tubular body, a spring-actuated weighted plunger adapted to reciprocate in the body, and a spring attached bined for operation substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a tubular body provided with a diametrical opening near its lower end and a longitudinal opening at or near its center, a spring secured to the upper portion of the said body, having a bow-section extending inward through the longitudinal slot, and a gate integral with the lower end adapted to project inward through the diametrical slot, and a spring-actuated weighted plunger held to reciprocate in the body and to contact with the bow-section of the spring, of a tack-receptacle provided with a slot in the bottom, a curved tube connecting the said receptacle and the body, provided with a slot in the inner face connecting with the slot in the receptacle, and a gate connected with the said spring surrounding the tube near its connection with the body portion, having produced therein a spiral slot extending from top to bottom and registering with the slot in the tube, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with a tubular body comprising a sleeve open at top and bottom and a branch extending at an angle from one side of the sleeve, the said sleeve being provided with a diametrical slot near its lower end and a longitudinal slot at or near its center, a spring secured at or near the upper end of the sleeve, having a bow-section extending through the longitudinal slot, and an attached gate projecting through the diametrical slot, and a weighted spring-actuated plun ger held to reciprocate in the sleeve and held to contact with the bow-section of the spring, of a tack-receptacle provided with a longitudinal slot in the bottom thereof, a curved tube connecting one end of the said receptacle with the branch of the sleeve and provided with a a slot in its inner face connecting with the slot in the receptacle, and a gate surrounding the slotted tube above the sleeve branch connected with the said spring and provided with a spiral slot extending from top to bottom and registering with the slot in the curved tube, all combined to operate substantially as shown and described.

0. A. MILLENER.

W. D. MoRAE. Witnesses:

WM. R. AYLSWORTH, G. M. TAYLOR. 

